Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, tofu balls. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Tofu Balls is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Tofu Balls is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tofu balls using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tofu Balls:
- Take 7 firm tofu
- Get 113 g shrimps
- Take 1/4 carrot (shredded)
- Get 2 stalks scallions (thinly sliced)
- Make ready 1 red chili (sliced)
- Get 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- Take 1 tsp ground coriander
- Prepare 2 tbs cornstarch
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper
- Take 1 whole egg
- Get 1 lemon/lime
- Get 30-50 ml water
- Make ready Birds eye chilies (optional)
Instructions to make Tofu Balls:
- Peel and devein the shrimps. Chopped them into small size. Squeeze lemon/lime juice over the shrimps to remove the smell. Set aside.
- Mash the tofu in a big bowl into small chunks.
- Prepare the herbs. Mince the garlic, slice the chilies and scallions, plus cut and shred the carrot. Add them into the tofu bowl.
- Add the shrimps and all seasonings. Mix them well.
- Make a hole in the middle of the mixture. Add the egg in the hole. Mix them well while adding water little by little into a nice consistency. Be careful not to put too many water or else the tofu balls will fall apart when cooking.
- Finally shape the mixture into balls. Depends on their size, we can make around 17-20 balls.
- At this point you have 2 option for cooking them, steam or deep fry.
- Steam: use cooking paper at the base of steamer for easier cleaning. Place the tofu balls and steam them for about 7-10 minutes.
- Deep-fry: beat an egg in a bowl. Add 2 tbs of water and mix them well. Dip the tofu balls in the egg mixture then deep fry them in hot oil over medium low heat until golden brown.
- Serve while it's hot. You can eat them with chili sauce or fresh birds eye chilies.
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